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CONSCIENCE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: I AM THAT TAMERLANE
Last Line: HIS SOLE VICEGERENT CROWNED.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
I am that Tamerlane,
The Scourge of God;
With me alone remain
The sword and rod
Wherewith in wrath throughout His world-domain,
Doth Love, avenging, reign.

I am that Joseph bound
And sold in vain;
From dungeon darkness found
To rise again;
At God's right hand, whate'er of good redound,
His sole vicegerent crowned.



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